Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1931, Page 2

RAL FARES EUT T0 ENT A MLE Western Roads, Fighting Hard for Passengers, Make Big Rate Slashes. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 18—Faced with growing bus competition, major West~ 2 railroads are testing reduced fares e determine whether passenger busi- ness is increased sufficiently thereby to justify “bargain rates.” Thus far the proposition has been purely experimental—and already one road, the St. Louls & Southwestern, has announced it will seek to restore its regular far: rate—but continuation of the tests this Summer is espected to reveal definite conclusions in the rail- | roads' profit-and-loss column. ; Rallroad offictals, seeking methods of increasing revenue, sav frankly they! are trying every feasible means of in-| ducing the public to respond to the| lure of a bargain. A few are optimistic of results: l‘l’\:my| others are not, Passenger rates cn some occasions have been slashed to a cent a mile, Milwaukee Tries Cent a Mile. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul| and Pacific has offered one-way coach rates of 2 cents & mile or approxi- mately 1,000 miles of its s”tem. The | line also tried cent-a-mis round-trip rates, and offers coach srcursions to and from Chicago on frquent week ends. Its tests will lo continued throughout the Summer. . On_approximately 700 miles of the | Chicago & Northwestern System the 2-cent-a-mile coach fare has becn tried. “Back home” week eid excursions, at rates varying from & cent a mile to fare | and one-third for round trips, have t-a-mile fares The Rock Island lines have* tried simflar tests, with frequent excursions at rates up to 2 cents a mile in parlor cars and Pullmans. The Illinois Central also has offered low-priced excursions, but there has been no reduction of the lines basic rates except in restricted areas zmong points’ where there is competition with other lines. Give Monthly Excursions. The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie—the “so0” line—since May has reduced round-trip fares by 25 per cent, upon payment of regular Pullman rates. About once a month the road offers “back home” excursions to and from Chbicago at round-trip coach rates approximating 11 cents a mile, with 2-cent-a-mile fares on sleepers. Further experiments also are planned by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, which so far hes tried special rates be- tween certain points, On transcon- tinental trains in cert2in areas the road also has experimente th the “three- fare plan,” which means a fare of 21; cents on tourist sleepers, and 21{ cents in coaches, in contrast to first- ciass Pullman accommodfitions. Re- cently it announced a cut in coach fares that placed its rate to the Coast at the lowest point in 15 years. On Burlington lines no system- ‘wide tésts have been made, but excur- sion rates of a cent a mile have been tried between any two points east of the Mifssouri River. The road also has offered cent-a-mile rates in more re- stricted territory, and has made spe- cial rates to parties of travelers to | meet -bus competition. ONLY 280 PLANES FOUND AVAILABLE FOR U. S. DEFENSE (Continued From First Page) nests, artillery in exposed positions and troop trains. The new attack plane is expected to have a speed of 180 miles | per hour, attacking from behind the Cover of trees, low hills and other con- | cealment with a hurricane of fire cal- | culated to sweep everything before it. Each plane will carry six heavy ma- chine guns and deadly fragmentation ‘bombs. i ‘Their great spe=d and method of at- tack, from behind trees 2nd hills, barely | skimming the earth, it is believed, will | render them almost jmpregnable to successful attack frogy the ground. is understood, thougfl the deve is being made with grait secreey, that | the Army is working with a type of at- | tack plane developed from the low-wing monoplane type made famous by Capt. | Frank M. Ha and cther p! who | have made recent speed records. | Review Ts Impressive. | Yesterdsy's divisional review wzs one | of the most impressive aviatign spec- | tacles this couniry has seen. For| nearly an hour the aerfal army pacsed | the reviewing post, the squa s | stringing out far apart. Every type of fighting plane in the service was in th> swift-moving cclumn. The planes bore in bright colors the shields of their squadrons, many made famous in the serial battles of France. | ‘There were squadrons of the famous First Pursuit Group from Michigan | veterans of the “Polar Bears” flight, | high-altitude pursuit frcm the Pacific | Coast, 12d by Capt. Frank O. D. Hunter World War ace. squadrons gray-uniformed cadet squadrons be: tles fought Guard outf the Union pioneering da liny yet There was an -fiuctuating drone of | end the vivid play of | sunlight towering ma 1 pageantry that few of its obs will forget LEAVE FOR CHICAGO TOMORROW. ision Watckes Saicty, Only Four Minor Accidents Occur. their figh and the laws nning flight of time ready to ma 4 large And despite the fa gatherings of airmen usuall accidents, every plane was expected to make the trip. Only foyr minor m haps were chalked up yesterday. causing the ships to be grounded for repairs. Safety First” Is Order. The task of assembling hundreds of ships from every section of the country and teaching them the it %icacles of battle and nearsd completion tality to the m: parade without the principal command 1. Bengetaas Foulois, as- sistant < _:4 of the Alr Corps, was fo most in the minds of his men today as they u d spected the! lanes e e i " | MANdIng general declded they weula be | Fox trot, Simile, Darn Ya, Sinile” for another practice |red thousand Swiss francs. produce | Planes Assembled for Maneuvers | ENERAL view ¢f the various units of the 1st Provisional Alr Division as they assembled at Dayton, Ohio, fr'm all sections 8f the country to begin a week of air maneuvers, which will be culminated by a series of demonstraticns starting tomorrow, over Chicago and ending in Washington, when 652 planes will fly ov Capital on Memorial day. SHIPS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF COUNTRY CROWD DAYTON FIELD. r-the —A. P. Photo. FIRST WORLD BANK| MEETINGS OPENED Settlements Problem Taken Up at Basel by Fore- | most Financiers. By the Assoclated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, May 18.—Some | of the world’s most noted financiers | were gathered here today for the first | annual general meeting of the Bank of | International Settlements, inaugurated | May 20, 1930, under the terms of the | Young plan. They included the governors of the central banks of most of the former belligerent states, all of whom hold | stock in the institution. The Amer- ican president, Gates W. McGarrah, had ready his first year's report for| the mecting. The Bank of International Settle- ments was concelved as & reparations | conduit, & means of transferring someI of the most irritating European post- | war problems from political to com-! mercial obligitions. Debé’ Payment Only Concern. In the popular mind the bank’s ac- tivity concerns only the German debt | ments. ‘This was a prime reason for its creation, but within one year's| time this duty has become the smaller side of iis work. The administration of monthly pay- ments made by Germany is a routine operation which cculd be handled by any. Wust company. Cousequently of~ ficlals piace their energy in other financial flelds. Reparations funds rep- resent less than 20 per cent of total assets, which amount to $372,000.000. Because of the.in.’easing number of | central banks wlch are depositing their farelgn sarrency reserves with | the “bis,” the banking department has | taken on rapid growth. In March de- | posits amounted to a billion eight hun- | Creditors | use the “bis” as they would any other | bank as a depository for funds which | may be employed to discharge debts. | Bank's Authorized Capital. The bank's authorized capital is 500 000,000 francs divided into 200 000 sh subscribed by the central | banks of Belgium, England, France,| Germany and Italy, the Industrial Bank | of Japan, J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, the First Nationzl Bank of New York and the First National Bank of Chicago. This world institution hou-ed in an old Victorian hotel acts &s t:ustees for covernment loans. It has actually hree such: The Dewes and Young loans and an Austrien lo’n Bank governors of various countries have discovered that one of the greate est uses of the bank is a place of ren- dez; for them. This has become a utility for diseussion of financial prob- lems and movements of currency. ANNAPOLIS B'OY SHOT; | 9-YEAR-OLD QUIZZED | tim of .22-Caiiber Rifle Dyin Is y—Circumst.nces Leading to Tragedy Sought. ] Bpeci AN al Dispatch to The Star ll Md., May 18—Little | 1 Haller of Millers- 15 miles from this city, is being ed today by Sheriff’ R. Glenn ncerning the shooting of 15- 3 d James Drury. The two lads were playing when the fcrmer is alleged to have fired his .22- rifie at the clder boy. Drury is in the hospital here. Circum- es leading to the shooting have t been learned. cleared noon and permitted & ew which 200,000 watched. A notable gathering was arranged for tonight. Two As it Secretaries for F. T.ubee Davison of the War nd David S. Ingalls of to be present along with Senete n D. Pess of Ohio, Re- i prblican national chairman; Maj, Gen James E. Fechet { Federah Judge Benson W. Hough, who | also is commander of the Ohio Natfonai | Guard, epreentative Prank W, | James of Michigan. chairman of the | House Military Affairs Committee. | Mumps Attack Flyers. An my attack—mumps—played voe the 94th Sguid.on of the | 15t pursuit g.oup, and as a result three | plots were m the Selfridge Field, Mich., | base hospital, today. | Lieut. Harry A. Johnson, commander | of the 94th, and two of his flight lead- | Lieuts B. Harbold and Carl | Feldman—were taken home station yesterday when the com- chiei cf the Air Corps; | back to their| Arm Is Broken JUSTICE”ROBER;;’;‘HRD\VN BY HORSE ON FABX{{. JUSTICE OWEN J. ROBERTS. Despite a broken deft arm, Justice Owen J. Roberts, took his place with other members of the Supreme Court today as its sessions were resumed after a two weeks’ recess. Justice Roberts’ arm was broken when he fell from a horse on his farm near Philadelphia last week. Members of his office force said the fracture, near the shoulder, was mending nicely. il DRAFT FOR WAR ABROAD SCORED Representative Frear Pro- poses Conscription Only for Home Defense. | By the Assoctated Press, A constitutional amendment go pre- vent the conscription of men in time of war except for service on this conti- nent was proposed to the War Policic Commission today by Represcntal tified the d power except for home “defense “is an extreme militaristic, autocratic policy.” He criticized the War Department mobilization plans presented to the commission by Chlef of Staff Mac- Arthur for proposing the draft of men and not cf property. He sald conscrip- tion of men without due compensation is unjust unless property also is con- seripted without profit, Frear also proposed a constitutional amencment to prevent Congress from declaring war without & referendum of the people. However, the proposed amendment would not prevent the President using the Army and vy to suppress an insurrecticn or to repel an invasion. Civilians to Control Industry. A statement by Frear that the Army proposed to piace industry un mili- tary control was challenged by Sccretary Hurley, chairman of the commission. ‘The Eecretary of War said the A]r plan contemplates civi industry and added t! of w justid®” to the tate Com- Commis: ommended that In c utilize existing instead of Go He propesed a | cssion and con! ities if nec sesston & nsportatic t ng them over under an for limited pos- ol transpori ation Shipping Concern Cuts LONDON, May 18 (#) lar & Orlentzl Shipp: tion in all salaries ashore and afioat attributing the cut to continued depre: sion In tradé and shipping. The co | pany operates a ficet of steamers to the { Par East. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band this le at 7:20 o'clock. | ¢y, recond leader, conduc | March, “The Boys of th | sade | Overture, L3 Gazza Ladr -Ro rilled Ohio and Indlana residents | better off at home inasmuch as they | ‘;rlmrd-y Mechanies worked far mm! would be unable to mccompany their | Habanera, “Mirame As the night to have ea This afternoon also was given over to maintenance work A‘)XR‘Y is set for 8 o'clock tomorrcw morn- . Bad weather held up the maneuvers! An- early morning rain terday, !&Mdmfiu but the h motor ready. | units on the remainder of the maneuvers | “Dance of the Hou; in piogress here, Mrs. Harbold, wife of the former West Point foot ball star, accompanied the patients. | Flight Surgeon H. B. Dittmore said they were quite sick. Meanwhile, their ships will be until new pilots can be obtained, | _ Gloconda Valse lento, “R Fox trot, “Walkin' My Home" . . Ballet music from “Coppe! ‘The Southerner’ “ine Sias lpqu;d}umr Baby Back ness full P g Co., following the action of other shipping concerns, t>day announced a 10 per cent reduc- Thomas Dars . Chambers Demggratic ini Ponchielll 0 their daughter were received in special ‘Turk ‘; . Delibes Alexander | commemorating thg anniversary GANG BULLETS NP VENGEANCE SEEKER |“Bill” Kirkillis, ~Massillon, | Ohio, Bootleg Chief, Shot to Death in Auto. i By the Associated Press. MASSILLON, Ohig, May 18.—A gangster’s gun brought death early to- day to Willam “Bill" Kirkillls, 38, | reputed chieftain of a boctleg ring, who | police said, had vowed vengeance for | the death of & henchman slain four | | days ago. | | Kirkillis, known as the “King of Co- | lumbia Heights,” a suburb, was just starting his automobile after leaving an | apartment house when a man, concealed {in the doorway of & nearby building, | fired four times. One of the bullets struck Kirkillis in the right side, pass- ing through his heart. The slaying of Kirkillis and that of | Jim Speros, Canton underworld char- acter, last Friday were believed by police t0 be the outgrowth of warfare between two rival gangs of Massillon and Can- {ton. Kirkillis, it was reported, had been n since a string of C akeasies owned by & raided by Fede faction was Spercs also had been looked upon in | the underworld as a Federal “tipster,” police said. He had been mentioned as an informer for Don R. Mellett, Can- | ton vice crusading editor who was slain | four years ago. rkillis had been arrested a number of times on liquor charges and recently finished a sentence in the work hous jon a charge of stabbing an alleged rival |He was held in connection with the |killing of another Columbia Heights |man a few days ago, but was released. | Police said he had also been questioned | concerning gang outbreaks in Chicago, | his former home. 'KIRKLAND COMPANION AT PARTY TESTIFIES { Prosecution Scores as Barton Turns State Witness Without Prom- | ise of Immunity. | the Acsociated Press. VALPARAISO, Ind., May 18— arton, companion of Virgil Kir ne Draves was s ry, poir ) eccusing irkland early today et the latter’s second trial for the murder of the girl, rton gave a description of the revel the David Thompscn home before a | court room packed with spectator Against the advice of his Barton consented to become ness withou 1y promise of immunit; The witness there was dancin and drinking the party. He testified | ne saw Kirkland and Arlene drinking and later saw them embracing on & davenport. When Barton and Thomp- son_ went to B . they found Kirkland and Arlene in it, 'he related. | The witness admiticd he had signed | | a confession to the Gary police after | his arrest. His testimony was unshaken in cross-examination. | SUSPECT SLA'YER S]JIC!DEf AS BOMB PLOTTER’S AIDEE Coast Police Ece Revenge on Father for Girl's Testimony as Cause ; of Twb Deaths. celuted Press. FRANCISCO, May 18.—Police | king 1o ldentify # man who Sat- | it shot and killed Raffael Ro- d then took his own life as an ut for Henry Ilse, convicted Spokane, | h., newspaper bomb plotter. Romano, 48 alty and insurance of Adele Ro- ; who figure p J ntestimony which sent Ilie to San Quentin Prison for an at- tempt to_dynamite the Cowles Publish- ing Co. Building at Spokane. Belief that revenge had been taken on the father for the girl's testimony, po- | lice said, wag strengthened when her brother, Paul, 20, told inspectors that twice in the Jast week the slayer had called at the- Romano home and at- tempted to force his attentions on Adele #nd asked her to change her story con- cerning Iise, it was declared. RASKOB SEES POPE Chairman Receives Medal After Audience. VATICAN CITY, May 18 (#). askob, chairman of the Democratic van of New York, Mrs, Sullivan and | audience today by Pope Pius. . His holiness talked to them cordially and presented each with a silver medal * Pope Leo XIII's encyclical on ‘labor, | counting firm. | Americ: MONDAY THIRD MAN DYING IN CLUB SHOOTING Notes Reveal Despair Drove R. S. Montgomery to Open Fire in Chantecler. _ (Continued From First Page.) said, “but T figured the only thing for the orchestra to do was to keep right on playing.” Accordingly, Albert raised his voice | loud enough for nearly every one in the room to hear and inquired: “Who upset that chair?” Then, in a ‘"‘L"‘l pered aside, he told the musicians to “Keep it up and make it louder.” Meanwhile Montgomery had nearly reached the bottom of the stairs when Taylor, who had heard the shot, ap- peared in the doorway. Before the sur- prised policeman could defend himself two more bullets were fired by Mont- gomery. Taylor crumpled at the foot of the | stairs and Montgomery, his revclver still in his hand, stepped over his body | and strode out on the sidewal Leo J. Hucks, a taxicab driver, wno had heard the shooti stepped to the Le Paradis Building, the s floor of which is occupied by Chantecler. “I reached the door,” he related, came out. I saw pistol s hand and backed away so fast that I nearly fell. He I got out | of his way as quick as I could.” | the’l Describes Suicide. | Montgomery strolled leisurely behind | a taxicab in which William Atkins, the driver, was seated. “I was watching | him,” Atkins said. “When he got be- | hind the cab he pulled his coat aside, pointed the gun at his chest and let it go. Before I could move he walked around the taxi, stepped back onto sidewalls, stopped and shot again. T time he went down.” Only the fact that James Flood, door-| man at the night club, had gone across | the street to purchase a package of cigareites & minute or two befi pre- vented him from being at his cus- MAY Mrs. Ada Taylor, widow of policeman | killed by night club patron Sunday morning Below: Wayne, their 16-year-old son. SENATE COMMITTEE WILL CALL CANNON; HEARINGS POSTPONED tomary post at the foot of the stair when Montgomery shot Taylor. | “Jimmy.” as he is known to patrons of | the club, might have been killed by one of the bullets which missed the police- man. | Peliceman Walter J. Rice of the second precinct had a similar narrow escape. The Chantecler is on his beat, but because the night club was closing for the season Saturday, Taylor had been assigned to watch the place. “I had just left the corner, following the arrival of Taylor, when the shoot- ing occurred,” Rice s “I certainly had a narrow squeak, all right.” Montgomery, who was graduated from Princeton University in 1927, is id to have been on the verge of a rvous breakdown, brought on by his efforts to pass the rigid certified public accoungant examination. Father May Aid Victims. His father, who won distinction dur- ing the World War as chief of the price-fixing section of the purchase, storage and traffic division of the gen- eral staff, had been in Washington since March 6, *having registered at the Shoreham Hotel on that date. The elder Montgomery is secrelary of the War Policies Commission, now in ses- sion at the Senate Office’ Building. Col. Montgomery returned to New | York last night, after having denied himself to all visitors, including po- I However, friends of the fam- including J. Marbin Haynes, local r of the firm of Lybrand, Ross & Montgomery, acted for him. They visited the hospital and ordered those in charge to give Garbett the best medical attention available, and they also went to the second precinct, where they intims Col. Montgomery n tamily. t ming to Washington. Mont- | employed by a Boston ac- | Since his arrival here, however, he had been working for a | branch office of his father's firm? While in Boston Montgomery lived in the fashionable Beacon Hill section and | was a member of the University Club | and the Arlington Rifle Club. He was| dered an expert marksman and in | 7, when he first moved to Boston, | was granted a permit to carry a re’| volver. gomery mother, Mrs. E. Shaw first wife of Col. Mont- notified of the triple shoot- ing in” New York, 1 Registrites. . who had been act- ¢ of the War Poli ng to the Capital, reorganization of t! ng Beard after the war. Sinc e has been professor of &ccount- | at the Columbia University School | of Business. He was president of th Associntion of FPublic Ac int from 1912 to 1914, Both I nd his son are listed in the New York oclal Register. | A statement issued by James M. Shaw, of the younger Montgom-ry, in'i- 4 nervous exhaustion, inducsd by | t00 earnest- an effort to pass the ac- counting examination, caused the young man to run emy “The_examinz day,” Shaw said the young man and nights without { he might again have falled the test of | ountancy must have lowered his re- ce. The only explanation we have is that his brain sudd:nly gave way.” Montgomery, who was a membsr of the Army Reserve, never showed “any | bad traits” before, Shaw added, | Ten Bullets in Pockets. Ten bullets were found in’ Montgom- ery's pockets after his death, and his au omatic had been discharged six times. Saturday night was to have bsen Gar- fons began on Thur and up to that t . three du The fear th: tt’s last night at the Chantecler, had plannzd to go to Edgewat In a telegram announcing the clo: ing of the clyb, Meyer Davis, owne praised Alberf and other members of the orchestra for their “pluck and good sense” in continuing to play after the shooting. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide in Montgumery" death and one of murder in He deemed an inguest unnec Taylor's pistol still is missing. weapon, a .38, is believed to have been vicked up by .one of the night club | guests. flask was found in Montgomery's | clothing. His' pistol, a .45, was found in front of the resort after the shooting. Garbett, who is 44 and lives at 1215 N street, is sald to have no relatives in | his conversation with | somewhat_depr . He spoke of the ain under which he had been work ing in his efforts to pass the accounting e (he suicide of a New York writer, Miss Constance Coleman, was. link with the shooting for a short time when it was reported Montgomery was en- gaged to a girl of that name. It developed, however, that the New York woman, who had taken her life {Natjonal Commitiee; Dr. Raymond Sul- | with gas, was not the one with w)mmi L., Montgomery was acquainted. Mrs. Taylor, widow of Policeman Tay- or, may be forced t> go to work to maintain a home for her 16-year-old son and herself. ‘The boy, Wayne, was preparing to for a job, too, although it might ' . | dential. and vice pre: authority to inguire |cp Cannon | the commiit | postal | tie _(Continued- From_First Page) Nye was not willing to predict today. Al a_ recent committee session, Miss Ada L. Burroughs of hmond, Va., who served as treasurer for the anti- Smith Democratic Cempaign Commit- tee in Richmond in 1928, flatly refused to_testify on the ground that the com- m! had no authority to investigate a cempaign for the election of presi- sidential electors. statement to the commiitee was similar to letters writ- ten to the committee by Bishop Cannon esting that the committee had no to the conduct Democratic cam- Miss Burroughs’ of the anti-Smith paign by him If Bichop Connon takes the same po- jon as Burroughs when he is summoned before the committee, un- doubtedly. it was said today, the com- mittee will undepiake to have Bishop Cannon cited for contempt and the case taken into the courts. Already it has been said that the committee plans to cite Miss Burroughs contempt and to bring charges ainst Bishop Cannon for violation of the Federal corrupt practices act. How- the ci 1 of Miss Burroughs ut any attempt to deal with Bish- himself might leave the committee in a curious position. Two members of the committee, Sen- Dill of Washington and Patterson of Missouri, have gone to Europe, and at the end of this week. Furthermore, investigators find it nec- essary to make further inquiry into the annon matter and to dig up other witnosses since the rcfusal of Miss Burroughs to testify. It was said today the committee had been completely surp; of Miss Burroughs to give any testi- mony whatsoever with r:ference to the £65,300 contribution of E. C. Jamieson to the anti-Smith campaign. A series of anonymous letters and cards have coma to the Senate committee threatening various kinds of poli of Bishop Cannon is not brought to an_end. : The committee, which in its report to the Senate suggested that the Justice partment might proceed agatnst Rob- t H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, be- <2 of alleged failure on the part of Mr. Lucas to compl sions of the Federal corrupt practices in_filing reports of his campaign xpenditures in Nebraska and else- where, has heard nothing directly from the department in regard to the mat- ter, Chairman Nye said today, g o X Firemen Hold Services. EASTON, Md., May 18 (Special).— n firemen held their annual ervices here yesterday mn ¢ Methodist Protostant Church. Coblentz of Frederick deliver- address. The Rev. Edgar T. d. cheplain of the Easton firemen, e Rev. Robert W. Lewis, chaplain St. Michaels firemen, had charge service. Volunteer firemen from of the of the | all parts of the county aitended. he abandonment of his hopes ducation. /ho is a second-year student High School, realizes the carning, but considers taking of his molher more important than any amount of schooling. Mrs. lor had not been informed { an ran ent which Col. Robert 1. Mcntgomery said he had made for ancial aid of the family of the policeman. “I don't know what I'm going to do. Mrs. Taylor said as she sat in the dining room of her home at 715 Madi- son street, her elbows resting on the table and her chin cupped in her hand: Her eyes were red from weeping and as e spoke & tear trickled down her ‘We were so happy—my husband, my v and I! And now— She sobbed. “She’s tertibly upset,” her sister-in- w, Mrs. Florence Laughton, who lives 1457 Monroe strect, explained. “It s such a shock to her. That's why we haven't completed the arrangements r she doesn’t even want rs. Laughton continued, for burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, but that is as far as they have gone. {. “2e was her bread-winner,” Mrs. 2ug] il she has in sight is the $1,700 in- surance of the Police Department, with $60 a month for the support of her | son and herself. you know. And that isn't much, esent, Mrs. Laughton said, her | s -law plans to remain at the for Wayne to finish Mrs. Laughton explained, “so she'll probably have to get & job, for Wayne, ever if he continues at school, he'll have to find something to do in his spare time.” Taylor, who was 39 years old, had been attached to the second precinct for about six years. He and his family came to Washington from East Peoria, police force for two years. Another sis | ter, Mrs. Carrie Ringenberg of Chillo- cothe, Ill,. also survives. Until after Taylor's funeral, flags on all police stations will fly at half-staff, by order of Capt. L. 1. Edwards, Po- lice Department personnel officer, sed by the refusal | cal reprisals if the “persecution” with all the pro-! 1 added, “and now he’s gone. | anxious | where he was a member of the| CROWDS THRILLED AS CIRGUS ARRIVES Thousands See Wild Animals Unloaded—Children Help Water Elephants. Washingtonians, big and small, capi- tulated today to the thrills of the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Long before the spectacular parade of performers and wild animals started the dizzy cycle of circus events, the tented city that sprarg up yesterday on the old Camp Meigs site, at Fifth stfeet and | Florida avenue, was crowded with thou- sands of expectant children and grown- ups, eager to be first in line at the initial matinee performance. Combining the two most famous cir- cuses of the old, romantic days under the “big top,” Ringling Bros. and Bar- num and Bailey—pames that are boy- hood reminders to most adults—has come to Washington again for its tra- ditional two-day stand. New faces and new feats of daring and skill, together with the greatest managerie ever as- sembled under canvas, are heralded with familiar events that never seem to lose their lure for the circus lover. For the thousands who can't leave school and business today there will be other performances tonight and tomorrow aft- ernoon and evening before the tented city rolls away again, Circus Trains 1h¢w four trains th: cus to town yesterday were about hours late, but early arrivals u‘lll"':g patiently to watch the roustabouts and circus crews lnload and water and feed uge collection of anim: pl‘r’%,ltlfl the world. TRt e 60 colcred men d - tions of the “big top” mw"gf':cde :le!fd other gangs grunted and sang as they drove in the thousands of stakes, the tented city with amazing swiftness took definite form. But the four cireus trains, with their 1,000 or more of animals and 1,600 geople. was the spe- cial treat for the iddles, who scram- bled over themselves to volunteer to carry water for the herd of 43 thirsty elephants. -elephant—quite a re Late. brought the cir- The nine-ton sea different sort of elephant from th known African variety—| i ey ariety—had a car all There are T the circus and are trained to 00 horses traveling with a h;rri.?un}ber :l them en n in the ring. Among the 1600 inhabitants of th‘e cireus city are 800 internationally ac- claimed spangled performers, ki Makes Daring Dive, ong the trained f fourth train was the Orlfimr,: le'.ll"lS sation, a breath-taking display, in which Orland, with pretty Miss Mara clinging securely to his back, dives frem the dome of the ten ?xfi; u.('hest Tar beiow on’ ‘e ht:go::g . The flying Codonas, with Alfredo, the only man accomplishing a triple somer- sault in midair to a hand-to-] and catch, are with the circus again this year. But the presence of Alfredo Co- narda will be polgnant with sad mem- ories, for it was his wife, Lillian Leitzel, gusnu;rwp:ror&nerhor last year, who was er death in a circus a few months ago. i = The matinee tomorrow will begin at 2 o'clock and the night shows at 8 | o'clock. The tent has a seating capacity of 16,000. The side-show features af- ford additional attraction. There are many funny clowns—100 if you count them. Hugo Zacchini, the human projectile, who gs shot headlong from the muzzle of a seige gun across the tent, is another old and never tir- ing feature. of all wire artists; Luecita Leers, Eu- Tope’s darling of aerial gymnastics; the Wallendas, two troupes of dare-devils, who do hair-raising stunts on 100-foot wires in the peak of the tent without protecting nets, besides a score of other famous artists, also are among the main features in this year's show. 'MRS. BRAND LEADS | GOLF ROUND WITH 92 ! Miss Hacker Second, Mrs. Beller | Third in French High Commis- 1 sion Cup Event. | Mrs. Harrison Brand was low medalist with a 92 in the qualifying round at Chevy Chase Country Club today for the French High Commission Cup for Women. Miss Susan Hacker was second with a 93; Mrs. J. W. Bel third with a 94; Mrs. Frank Keefer fourth with a 100 and Mrs. Hume Wrong, winner of the event last year, fifth with a 101. | _ Pairings in the play tomorrow are | Mrs. Hacker and Mrs. K22fer, Mrs. J. P. | Dryden and Mrs. George Elliot:, Mrs. L. { 0. Cameron and Mrs, Beller. 'MARY PICKFORD ARRIVES 'FOR ‘SECOND HONEYMOON’ i |Receives Automobile as Doug's | Present Upon Reaching England. | tru Rumors of Marital Rift Denied. By the Assoclated Press, | Mary Pickford arrived today and drove | to London to join her husband for what | she called a “second honeymson.” “We are going to visit the same places { we saw on our honeymoon,” she said, [ “so0 it will a real second wedding trip. | These rumors of disagreements between ! Deug and me are all buncombe.” | An_elaborately fitted motor car, a i present from Mr. Fairbanks to his wife, | waited her on the pler as she left the ship. She talked to her husband by | telephone, learned of his elimination in | the amateur golf tournament at West- | ward Ho and started for London in the new car. INDIANA CHAIN STORE Supreme Court 'Ruling by Justice Roberts Holds Tax Evenly and Equally Operated. By the Associated Press. The Indiana law of 1929 imposing heavy license fees on chain stores was sustained as valid today by the Supreme Court. The law was attacked on the ground there was no proper relation between the number of stores and the business |conducted in applying the tax, and that it had no real relation to public heelth and safety. The State claimed it was a rational tax, operat:d equally and evenly and | was valid. Justice Roberts in rendering {the opinion said the court held the clulf;mcauon was good and the tax valid. Justice Sutherland stated that Jus- tices Van Devanter, McReynolds and Butler joined him in dissenting. He sald they believed the decision of the lower courts holding the tax invalid | should have been approved. Chief g4 ghes and Justices Brangg!s, Holmes Stone joined withRoberis in the malagity opinion. During a recent flood cedonia and; Thrace 70,000 acres were{y-dated. | Con Colleano, the king | SOUTHAMPTON, England, May l!-‘ LICENSE FEE UPHELD‘ SPANIH PRELATE 15 SENT TOFRANCE | 'Republic Expels Bishop on l Charge of Engaging in Sub- ‘ By the Associated Press. versive Activities. | MADRID, May 18.—The expulsion to | France last night of Bishop Mateo LMucl(‘A from the diocese of Vitoria, charged with political activities against the republic, has aroused wide interest. i It is considered in authoritative quarters &s evidence of the government's de- termination not to permit clerical political unfriendliness if manifested in ways it considers improper. The church problem continues to con- cern the government and the Vatican's supposed protest over recent anti- clerical demonstrations still is un- revealed. The exchange today reacted favor- ably, with the peseta stronger, a| ently influenced by the cessation og‘;‘ it ‘week’s riots and anti-church attacks. POPE CONDEMNS ATTACKS. Declares Burning of Church Edifices Is Sacrilege. VATICAN CITY, May 18 (#).—Riots and incendiarism over all of Spain dur- ing the past 10 days in which churches and church bulldings have been sacked and burned are considered by Pope Plus XI to be “sacrileges against God and holy religion.” A heavy responsibility exists on the malefactors and upon those “who al- lowed these things to take place and have not hindered them,” the Pontiff said in his first public utterance on the subject, made yesterday to a group of Spanish pilgrims headed by the aux- uh::y'r]ihhn’on of \Gfl!ncll. - ly conditions in Spain were already too much compromised and menaced by many evils without need that there be added these violences, these sacrileges against God and the holy religion,” he said. “We pray God that He will reply with his justice to these provocations, but that He will be merciful. In the mean- time, returning to your country, say that the Pope prays for Spain as you also pray for Spain. The pastors pray, mur clergy pray, and also the faithful ere.” The Pontiff commented that the hand of God is always ready and from one moment to another can show itself and change everything. “The benefit of re- ligion is a fact of supreme value to & country and, even if there are other benefits of importance and worthy of interest, there are none with more pro- found interest and importance both for country and religion.” KING’S BIRTHDAY IGNORED. Public Display Lacking as Alfonso Observes 45th Anniversary. MADRID, May 18 (#).—Alfonso, for the first time since he was born a king | 45 years ago, received no attention in Spain on his birthday anniversary yes- terday. In contrast to previous elaborate cere- monies on May 17, the country quietly passed over the anniversary. Even monarchists' and close friends of the king made no public display. A few of them met secretly in private homes and drank toasts to the absent former king. | _Unlike last Sunday, when the first serlous riots under the republic started, Ve ‘out -t devoted ‘themseives t5 bull One of the outstanding week litical developments was the l&:t of Socialists and Republicans t6 con- tinue their wlgebly e‘lecuan.s. vera! pers printed that all Jesults:are leaving the A There was no official confirmation of this and some members of the order sald the only Jesuits who had gone left before last week’s num 0 It is understood the min- isters has ‘to free from ‘martical law sametime today. lusia ;nulue remain upder law for a Marques Luca de Tena yésterday named Alfonso Rodriguez to succeed him 25 publisher of the suspended Mon- archist newspaper, ABC. He has agreed to refrain from attacking the republic end hopes to be permitted to resumo Ppublication soon. DENIES NUNS WERE BEATEN. Embassy Here Receives Cable Saying Attack Reports Were Untrue: By the Assoclated Press. 2 A formal denial of reports that nuns and monks were beaten during the Spanish religious riots was issued to- day by the Spanish embassy on orders from the government at Madrid. The Spanish embassy in Washing- ton,” a statement said, “has just re- celved a cable from Spanish | government stating the information published by some American news- | papers to the effect that during the | recent disturbances in Spain some nuns were beaten in Madrid is mot b “During the riots, the persons of 3?onlu end nuns did not receive any arm.” HOOVER DAM LAW UPHELD IN RULING OF SUPREME COURT ___(Continued From Pirst Page.) impossible, and by flood control ma- terially contribute to navigation. Large | quantities of silt was now carried down the river into Arizona, where it was | deposited in the bed of the river, creat- ing sandbars and other obstructions t~ navigation. Hoover Lam would create a lake where the silt would stop, and water Iree of sediment furnished. The six-State compact was described by the States party to it as an equitable | agreement under which rights to apprc- priate water from the’river for bene- ficial use Were declared and fixed. Arizona had refused, those States de- clared to join the compact, but was free under the dam act, they stated, to contract for a supply of water suffi- cient to. meet all its needs. The courts, they added. would prevent any unlaw- ful diversion of water into California lor elsewhere, insisting that the six- State compact and the dam &ct de- prived Arizona of no rights. Justice Brandeis in delivering the opinion said Arizona had claimed & right to take from the river as much as 9,000,000 acre ‘feet of water, but that it had not appropriated that amount of water and had falled to show that the construction of the dam and reser- voir would deprive it cf any water now being taken. The State would have the right, he said, to come into court at any time it could show that the construction of the dam and reservoir was depriving it of m}l'.‘ol the water to which it claimed a t. Justice McReynolds dissented, taking the view that the Government's motion to dismiss should be overruled and that the United States and the other States in the Colorado River compact should be required to answer the complaint of Arizona, x ARdaIE